Steve Blank

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Family relationships influence founders and their startups. That was the message from the two latest guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , my radio show on Sirius XM Channel 111. Daniella Yacobovsky , co-founder of online jewelry retailer BaubleBar , and Jane Moritz. We were inundated with orders that day and phone calls.

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www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

Sakti3 Founder Sastry to Step Down From U-M. Tech Channels ▾ Cleantech ›. Co-Founder and CEO, Wetpaint. Founder, DEKA Research and Development Corporation. Subscribe for Free. Xconomy San Diego. Our Cities ▾ Boston ›. Ministry of Supply Puts MIT Engineering Cred Into Dress Shirts. View More in Boston ›.

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www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Chris McCann is the co-founder of StartupDigest , the members-only guide to the tech startup world. Dave argues that instead of providing connections you should let founders do 95% of the work and offer support with operational areas of expertise like design, data and distribution. spray-and-pray? startupcto

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Up and Running

JANUARY 25, 2011

He told a great story of building a company around values – “all natural whole nut and fruit bars made from ingredients you can see and pronounce&# – and building the company the old-fashioned way, hard work, pounding the pavements, marching around New York going store by store to generate a channel of distribution.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 28, 2013

Whichever side you look from, it’s interesting to note that 77% of consumers said they prefer to interact with brands via email compared to any other channel, such as social networks, text messages, post and phone. Email is getting pretty good as a marketing channel. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2019

Getting access to these insights allows teams to channel more resources ahead of time to reduce the risk and impact of a missed deadline. Vadim Katcherovski is the Founder and CEO of Project Management software platform, Easy Projects. Will we stay within budget?

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Up and Running

JANUARY 25, 2011

He told a great story of building a company around values – “all natural whole nut and fruit bars made from ingredients you can see and pronounce&# – and building the company the old-fashioned way, hard work, pounding the pavement, marching around New York, going store by store to generate a channel of distribution.

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www.readwriteweb.com

APRIL 23, 2012

This post is part of our ReadWriteStart channel, which is dedicated to helping savvy entrepreneurs start and grow new businesses with resources, tips, insight and analysis. The channel is sponsored by TriNet. You must treat early hires like late founders, or you wont be able to hire until you get market traction," Ravikant warns. "If

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 9, 2019

She is the founder and CEO of Ruby Receptionists , a company she started back in 2003 and has seen double digit growth every year since it’s inception. Went searching for an off-the-shelf software solution and hodge-podged a phone system together that worked with it and in 2003 launched. Jill, thanks for joining me.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 26, 2014

We also know that more information is being created every 48 hours than the entire amount we made before 2003. When you use a plugin to automatically share posts on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and other social channels, that’s marketing automation. But that stereotype is threatening the future of small businesses…. How It All Began.

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www.readwriteweb.com

JUNE 13, 2011

Also notable: 20% of the startups participating this time around have female founders (LaunchBit, Snapette, Vayable, Cardinal Blue and Culture Kitchen) and three of those teams (LaunchBit, Snapette, and Culture Kitchen) are 100% female. startupcto

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

It seems like every day there is a new headline about an exceptional startup founder, investor, or corporate headquarters moving to Texas. Today, startup founders focus on the fundamental challenges of our time with energy, life sciences and industrial technologies dominating Houston’s tech scene. Joe Lonsdale. Drew Houston.

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www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Roberts is in the news this week because of his high-profile critique of Angellist , the hot new investment network Robert Scoble has called the new Silicon Valley hype machine. I'm sensitive to the combative tone some have tried to take the conversation, which isn't an accurate reflection of what I said. startupcto

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

But when done well it can really help get a company going fast, professionally and without the founders having to give up much (if any) equity - or bankrupting themselves. The founders may believe they are onto such a good idea that they don’t want to give up any equity. Why bootstrap? Either way, bootstrapping is a viable model.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 14, 2017

He is the founder and CEO of Stackify. I said in the intro and it’s funny how many founders of companies start companies because they can’t find something or they can’t get something solved, so they just solve it by creating a company. As a founder of a company, a CEO of a company. Go check it out.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

I am the founder/coach of Never Settle Coaching, LLC a coaching business. My fiancé is one of the best ideation consultants in the world (the brain), he was a top rated mentor at Founder Institute and has built and sold numerous successful businesses. Thanks to Tonya Veasey, Open Channels Group (OCG) ! #43

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

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SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

They had a couple experienced co-founders, including the now legendary Reed Hastings, but the problem was that they were stuck at about 300,000 customers. Rather than a large reseller channel, Adobe would now have a direct relationship with their customers. The title is not important; the work they do is.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. You need to build genuine relationships with these portfolio startup founders as well as trust with them and the rest will follow. It’s just a part of your ongoing activities as a founder. Always be fund raising.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Those were the messages from the two latest guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , my radio show on Sirius XM Channel 111. Clips from their interviews are below, but first a word about the show: Entrepreneurs are Everywhere airs Thursdays at 1 pm Pacific, 4 pm Eastern on Sirius XM Channel 111. Frank Rimalovski.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

For example, Charles Revson, founder of Revlon, always used to say he sold hope, not makeup. Preferred channels – How does this person get their information and what’s the best way to reach them with marketing messaging? Well, when I was walking my dog in the summer of 2003, I laughed too when I first thought about the idea….

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Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

And going even further back there have been a few random ones have been built before like Salesforce.com and e-tailer RedEnvelope (IPO’d in 2003 though now defunct as a company). But more broadly than just that,the direct costs of launching a startup have obviously plummeted which makes being a founder more accessible than historically.

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Designmantic Blog

MARCH 6, 2018

Here are some of the most interesting facts about female founders as well as startups. She is also the author of Social Media Mastery: A Comprehensive Guide to Strategic Growth and is the founder of “The Authority Matrix”, which is a powerful tool used by Fortune500 executives that utilizes employee advocacy and influence.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

One of the things I do as a founder of a later stage startup is to meet with early stage entrepreneurs to help them get their companies going. In later posts I’m going to get into more detail on specific topics like hiring, raising money, what types of ideas have the potential to get big, finding your founders, and the like.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

I think, if you can swing it, the first round of the core technology / IP should be developed by the founders. c:php4pear) in Unknown on line 0 Posted by: Steve Poland | October 4, 2007 10:42 AM Great article. Sometimes this means developing it in the evenings / on weekends and takes away from family time (if you have one) and marketing, etc.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 3, 2018

By shifting the focus away from basic educational content and toward high-level inspirational concepts, Zuora inspired the elite and discerning audience it intended to sell to—CEOs, founders, and executives. Instead, they were shared in company Slack channels, emailed between VPs and investors, and featured in industry newsletters.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Channel Leverage Is the Key to Growth written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. When I started this blog back in 2003, there were perhaps six marketing channels available to businesses. Today’s marketer has at least sixteen channels to choose from and most feel the pressure to participate in all.

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mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

But there’s also the satellite-mapping company Keyhole, which in 2003 became the seed that sprouted Google Maps. Originally founded by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin Slide.com was known as the largest third-party developer of Facebook applications until Google purchased it to “make Google services socially aware.”. Slide.com.

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techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

She graduated from Columbia University in 2003, where she was. Today, TheFunded.com and the Founder Institute is announcing in conjunction with law firm Wilson Sonsini, Convertible Equity, a startup-friendly seed-financing vehicle intended to replace Convertible Debt notes. FOUNDER INSTITUTE. Company: Founder Institute.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 15, 2011

ICQ FOUNDER SELLS ISRAEL’S DOTOMI FOR $295 MLN. Dotomi, which was founded in 2003, raised $17 million in funding since its inception from Globespan Capital, US Venture Partners, Investor Capital and Velocity. Dotomi founder Yair Goldfinger also co-founded ICQ, the technology known today as instant messaging.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

. - Spacecom is offering a wide range of Pan African satellite services, including: Cellular backhaul, Rural telephony, Broadband VSAT networks, e-government, e-learning, e- health, Direct To Home (DTH) Multi-channel platforms, DSNG, Video Distribution & Contribution. Established back in 2003, Comarcom Ltd.

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www.readwriteweb.com

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Posted by: Heather Plude | February 21, 2010 7:19 AM @John Yeng Kevin Rose is an angel investor, serial entrepreneur and the Founder of Digg and WeFollow. They were truly insightful - and obviously came straight from the heart and soul of someone who worked a day job and built his dream after hours. This is our take of what he had to say.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

She is the founder of Digital Agency: Women Online and author of, “Hiding in the Bathroom: An Introvert’s Roadmap to Getting Out There (When You’d Rather Stay Home).” John Jantsch: Well, and I think a lot of … I started blogging in 2003. Go check it out. PodcastBookers.com. Or play journalist.

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